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Patented Aug. 21, 1923.

PATENT OFFICE.

LUDWIG GLANZER, F WINKLER, KANSAS.

RAIL JOINT.

Application filed December 9, 19253.

`To all wim/m, may cmi/Cerri.'

lt it known that I, Lifnwio (flinmizanie a citizen ot the United States, residing at Winkler, in the county olf l'liley and itfite ot ,[(iaiisas, have .invented certain new and use- YJul linprovements in Rail Joints, or which the 'Following is :a specifietion.

This invention relates to improveinents in rail jointe, with special reference to c necting the abutting ends o t rails use#l in track-way construction.

lhe principal object ot the invention is lo provide means for prevei .ng the relative vertical nioi'einent adjacent abutting rails.

Another purpose is to provide ineens comliined with the fish plates adapted to pre vent C parution, of the rails longitudinally.

A. urther a'iin is in the provision of con- 11e/,ting and securing means that can. be readily applied at a moderate expense and which are ol simple construction.

These and like objects are attained by the novel construction and combination. o tv parts hereinafter descrihed and shown in lthe aeeompanying drawing, in which Figure l ,is a side elevational view ot' a pair olf a conventional type of rails showing the application ol the invention.

Figure 2 is a similari.' view oit the saine, the iish i,ilat-es heiligl removed.

Figure il is a transverse sectional taken ou `line .lml ol Figure l.

Figure l: is :mother like view taken ou line 4--il oli Figi'ufe l.

ln the drawing, the numerals l0, and l0 designate a pair oi? ordinary track rails shaped as usual with head, wel.) d hase flange,

liorineil in the webs ll :ind 1l. are semicircular recesses lil and 12, and drilled in the base flanges 13 and i3', in each side of the webs, are paired openings 14 and 14k', these recesses and drilled openings being the only operations performed on the rails.

A dise l5, slightly less in thickness than view Serial No. 605,767.

the rail weh, is litted to he received in the opposed recesses l2 and 12, acting in the manner et s, lrey to prevent relative vertical movement in en obvious manner.

Said disc contains an axial opening i6 through which passes a bolt lli, extending through the clamps or tisl;y plates 18, applied to the sides oil the webs as shown, the holt being disposed at the center et the length of plates, its head i9 heine' drawn against one of the plates liiy a nut 2O on vthe holt impingiiig agziiust the opposed ililate.

These iish platesiare suited tc. be received between the heads l() end l0 and hase flanges 155 and 1B ot the rails, and have rigidly fixed in their lower edge, pairs et pins 2l spaced and suited to ''reely engage in the holes le: and lll', being bevellcd at their lower ends to readily enter.

ln applying the tastenings, the rails haw ing been previously recessed. at their ends and drilled through their flanges, the disc 15 is inserted, the pins 2l entered into the holes and the iish plates secured oy the bolts, thus holding the rails in register end preventing relative movement of the saine in any direction.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire 'to sevure hy Letters Patent, is

A track rail joint 'fastening roiiiprising in combination with a pair ot rails having paired circular openings in their flanges en each side oi' and adjacent the webs thereof, ot a pair of tish plates suited to the rails, said rails having registering semi-circular recesses in their abutting ends, ot' a circular dise filling the mentioned recesses, round pins extending rigidly troni the lower edges of seid tish plates engaging :in the flange openings, and a bolt passing through said fish plates and an opening in said disc.

In witness whereof l have affixed my signature.

LUD`WIG GLANZER. 

